A man, tho' weak, of pious, blameless life, Foil'd by his friends, and governed by his wife; The last a foible you may often see In other folks besides him, you, or me. Eaton and Cambridge each a College owe TO HENRY'S bounty.* Unless it were himself, Of no man the foe, He deemed each woe He suffered here, correction kindly sent Him bliss, where bliss can only long endure.† * Queen Margaret founded Queen's College, Cambridge; Archbishop Chicheley, All Souls and Bernard's College, Oxon; and Wainfleet, Bishop of Winchester, founded Magdalen College there. To a Ruffian who struck him in the face, while prisoner, he only said, " Forsooth you do wrong to strike your anointed King;" and when some ladies appeared at a masque with their necks apparelled too much like our modern fashion, he exclaimed with characteristic simplicity, "Fie, fie, for shame-in sooth you are to blame." END OF VOL. I. Hartnell, Wine-Office Court, Fleet-Street ERRATA. Page 54, line 10, for Scandanavian read Scandinavian. 9, dele Parenthesis. 62, 87, ...... 105, 5 from bottom, for Edita read Editha. 2 from bottom, for Duntan read Dunstan, ...... 151, last line, for I read we. 155, first line, for Monk's read Monks. ...... 156, line 16, for gave read 'gan. for Margerion read MARMION. for curtesy read courtesy. 8, dele Semicolon. 10, for line read lines. |